Bella's POV
"Bella, don't you love me at all?"
I was absolutely shocked at Alice's question. Of course I loved her? How could she think different?! "Of course I love you Alice, why would you even ask that?"
"How could you even think about not telling me you were getting married? I thought you cared about me?" Alice asked. "I thought that I was starting to become an important part of your life!"
I was overwhelmed by this sudden explosion. Alice was an important part of my life, she was my best friend. Ever since we first met, she knew that we would be close, she said so herself. Alice was my favorite vampire… other than Edward.
"Alice I don't understand, you're a very important part of my life! You're my best friend you know that." I tried to remain calm as she shook her head. I began to think I was missing something, that I was misunderstanding her.
"That's not what I mean Bella, I thought that you were starting to really…" she hesitated, it was almost as if she didn't want continue this discussion. She stared at me for a few seconds…moments…it felt like hours almost, just standing there under her intense gaze. Finally she began to speak again, "I thought you were starting to really care about me, like really REALLY care."
Suddenly a feeling of realization hit me as I stared at the shattered look in Alice's eyes. She thought I was falling in love…with her. Then I was confused, I had no clue what could have lead her to believe that. Had I lead her on somehow? Had she seen something in the future that would imply us having a relationship? I tried to think, I had never implied a strong desire to be with Alice. I had never spent long hours thinking only of Alice… had I? My head pushed away the thought as I tried to think of what could have made Alice think of this insane idea. Was it really that insane though? UGH! FOCUS! I thought okay now what have the past few days been like?
